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Lah

Definition: Lah

Lah

Noun

1. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Lah

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

LAH

EnglishLeft anterior hemiblockN/A

LAH

GermanLatex-AgglutinationshemmungMedicine

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Lah

Synonym: la (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Lah

DomainTitle

Books

  • Al-Islam fi Makkah wa-muqawamat al-mushrikin lah (reference)

  • Malaysia No Problem Lah!: Four Years in Malaysia and Southeast Asia: A Diary (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Lah

"Lah" is generally used as an interjection -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Lah" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Interjection50%2245,945
Noun (proper)25%1339,140
Noun (singular)25%1339,140
                    Total100.00%4N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Lah

The following table summarizes the usage of "lah" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
LahLast name13062,592
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Lah

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "lah": lah-de-dah, lah-di-dah.

Ending with "lah": ah-lah.

Containing "lah": ah-lah-deen, Mi-fah-soh-lah-tee-doh.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lah

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

lah

43

lah realty

23

lah re.com

7

lah realtor

4

birmingham lah

4

kyung lah

3

lah lg pb.htm registry williamashley.com

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Lah

Language Translations for "lah"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

la (lacunosus, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Laos, Laos-ISO code). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ahlay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Lah

Derivations

Words beginning with "lah": lahar, lahars. (additional references)

Words ending with "lah": ayatollah, blah, cabbalah, chalah, challah, fellah, galah, habdalah, halalah, hallah, havdalah, kabbalah, keblah, kiblah, megillah, mollah, moolah, mullah, nullah, selah, shillalah, wallah, zillah. (additional references)

Words containing "lah": ayatollahs, blahs, cabbalahs, chalahs, challahs, fellaheen, fellahin, fellahs, galahs, habdalahs, halalahs, hallahs, havdalahs, kabbalahs, keblahs, kiblahs, megillahs, mollahs, moolahs, mullahism, mullahisms, mullahs, nullahs, selahs, shillalahs, wallahs, zillahs. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Lah

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-h-l"

-1 letter: ah, al, ha, la.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-l"
 

+1 letter: blah, dahl, dhal, hail, hale, half, hall, halm, halo, halt, harl, haul, heal, hila, hula, hyla, lakh, lash, lath.

 

+2 letters: ahold, ahull, aleph, almah, almeh, aloha, alpha, altho, blahs, chalk, chela, clach, clash, dahls, dhals, flash, galah, hadal, hails, haled, haler, hales, halid, hallo, halls, halma, halms, halos, halts, halva, halve, hamal, haole, haply, harls, haulm, hauls, hazel, heals, hemal, hilar, holla, horal, hulas, hylas, lahar, laich, laigh, laith, lakhs, larch, latch, lathe, lathi, laths, lathy, laugh, leach, leash, lehua, loach, loath, lotah, phial, phyla, plash, ralph, selah, shale, shall, shalt, shaly, shaul, shawl, sheal, shoal, slash, uhlan, whale, wheal.

 

+3 letters: ablush, aholds, alephs, alight, aliyah, almahs, almehs, alohas, alphas, alphyl, althea, archil, archly, ashlar, ashler, awhile, awhirl, behalf, bharal, blanch, bleach, calash, caliph, chalah, chaleh, chalet, chalks, chalky, challa, chally, chalot, chapel, chelae, chelas, chimla, chiral, chital, cholla, choral, clachs, dahlia, daledh, daleth, enhalo, exhale, fellah, flashy, fulham, galahs, galosh, habile, hackle, hackly, haemal, haggle, hailed, hailer, halala, halers, haleru, halest, halide, halids, haling, halite, hallah, hallel, halloa, halloo, hallos, hallot, hallow, hallux, halmas, haloed, haloes, haloid, halted, halter, halutz, halvah, halvas, halved, halves, hamals, hamaul, hamlet, hammal, hamuli, handle, hangul, hansel, hantle, haoles, hardly, harlot, hartal, haslet, hassel, hassle, hatful, hauled, hauler, haulms, haulmy, hazels, hazily, healed, healer, health, heliac, herald, herbal, hiatal, hiemal, hilloa, holard, hollas, holloa, hoopla, hulloa, hyalin, hyetal, hymnal, hyphal, inhale, inhaul, kaliph, keblah, khalif, kiblah, klatch, laches, lahars, laichs, laighs, lamedh, lashed, lasher, lashes, lathed, lather, lathes, lathis, latish, laughs, launch, lavish, leachy, lehuas, lethal, lithia, loathe, lochan, lochia, loofah, lotahs, maltha, mollah, moolah, mullah, nuchal, nullah, palish, phalli, phials, phonal, phylae, phylar, planch, plashy, pleach, ralphs, rashly, rhinal, selahs, shaled, shales, shaley, shalom, shauls, shawls, sheals, sheila, shelta, shoals, shoaly, slatch, splash, sulpha, tahsil, thaler, thalli, thecal, thenal, thrall, thulia, uhlans, unlash, wallah, wealth, whaled, whaler, whales, wheals, withal, zillah.

 

+4 letters: abolish, acaleph, acholia, airhole, alchemy, alchymy, alcohol, alights, aliyahs, aliyoth, allheal, alphorn, alphyls, alright, althaea, altheas, althorn, anethol, anthill, aphelia, aphylly, apishly, archils, armhole, ashfall, ashlars, ashlers, ashless, asphalt, asshole, athlete, baldish, bashful, bashlyk, bathyal, bechalk, benthal, bharals, blather, boxhaul, brashly, burghal, calathi, caleche, caliche, caliphs, camphol, canthal, carlish, chablis, chaetal, chalahs, chalaza, chalcid, chalehs, chalets, chalice, chalked, challah, challas, challie, challis, challot, chalone, chaloth, chalutz, chancel, channel, chapels, chaplet, charily, charley, charlie, charnel, chasmal, chattel, cheaply, chelate, chiliad, chimlas, chitals, chlamys, chloral, cholate, cholera, chollas, chorale, chorals, chordal, choreal, chorial, clachan, clashed, clasher, clashes, claucht, claught, clayish, cochlea, conchal, dahlias, daledhs, daleths, deathly, earthly, enhalos, enthral, ephoral, epochal, ethanol, ethical, exhaled, exhales, eyelash, fellahs, flashed, flasher, flashes, fulhams, galoshe, galumph, gasohol, gharial, ghastly, gnathal, goulash, hackled, hackler, hackles, haggled, haggler, haggles, hailers, hailing, halacha, halakah, halakha, halakic, halalah, halalas, halavah, halberd, halbert, halcyon, halfway, halibut, halides, halidom, halites, halitus, hallahs, hallels, halloas, halloed, halloes, halloos, halloth, hallows, hallway, halogen, haloids, haloing, haltere, halters, halting, halvahs, halvers, halving, halyard, hamauls, hamlets, hammals, hammily, hamular, hamulus, handful, handily, handled, handler, handles, handsel, hansels, hantles, hapless, haplite, haploid, haplont, happily, hardily, harelip, harlots, harmful, harshly, harslet, hartals, haslets, hassels, hassled, hassles, hastily, hatable, hatchel, hateful, hatfuls, hatless, hatlike, hatsful, haulage, haulers, haulier, hauling, haverel, haylage, hayloft, hazelly, headily, healers, healing, healths, healthy, heavily, heeltap, heliast, helical, helipad, hellcat, helluva, hematal, hemiola, heralds, herbals, hernial, hewable, hexapla, hidable, hidalgo, hilloas, hirable, hoarily, hobnail, holards, holdall, holiday, hollaed, holland, holloas, holyday, hooplas, hulloas, humanly, humeral, humoral, hyaline, hyalins, hyalite, hyaloid, hymenal, hymnals, hyoidal, inhaled, inhaler, inhales, inhauls, inthral, ischial, kaliphs, keblahs, khalifa, khalifs, kiblahs, klatsch, kolache, ladyish, laithly, lamedhs, larches, largish, larkish, lashers, lashing, lashins, lashkar, latched, latches, latchet, lathers, lathery, lathier, lathing, laughed, laugher, lazyish, leached, leacher, leaches, leashed, leashes, leather, lehayim, lethals, lethean, lithias, loaches, loathed, loather, loathes, loathly, lochans, lochial, loofahs, malthas, manhole, marshal, mochila, mohalim, mollahs, moolahs, mullahs, naphtol, narwhal, nilghai, nilghau, nuchals, nullahs, nylghai, nylghau, nymphal, omphali, outhaul, pahlavi, palship, paschal, phalanx, phallic, phallus, phaseal, philtra, phrasal, planche, planish, plashed, plasher, plashes, potlach, rachial, ralphed, rathole, sahiwal, salchow, saltish, satchel, schmalz, scholar, scholia, shackle, shadfly, shadily, shakily, shalier, shallop, shallot, shallow, shaloms, shamble, shapely, sharply, shaslik, shauled, shawled, sheilas, shellac, sheltas, shiplap, shmaltz, shoaled, shoaler, slashed, slasher, slashes, slather, slavish, spathal, spheral, splashy, stealth, sulphas, tahsils, tallish, tallith, tallyho, taphole, thalami, thalers, thallic, thallus, thermal, thiazol, thralls, thulias, trachle, trehala, trochal, unlatch, unleash, wallahs, wealths, wealthy, whalers, whaling, whoopla, woolhat, zillahs.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Lah


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 61 68

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-..    .-    ....

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01100001 01101000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#97 &#104

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0061 0068

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

466774

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Names: Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Abbreviations
10. Acronyms
11. Derivations
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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